Ally Spencer, Intrapreneurship Programme Manager, Finance Innovation Lab and Community Manager, Climate Safe Learning Lab

Ally works with the Head of Climate-Safe Banking at Finance Innovation Lab, Jon Dennis, to deliver the Finance Innovation Lab’s programme for shifting mainstream finance and is the Community Manager for the Climate Safe Learning Lab.

Ally holds a BSc (Hons) in Human Sciences from University College London, and has spent the past decade working with professionals across the sciences – as well as volunteering with various charitable organisations. In her previous role, Ally worked for the Royal Society of Biology (RSB) representing them at workplaces and events across the country and delivering new initiatives to better engage with their community.

Ally’s career highlights include designing and delivering a public engagement event with 48 members of the RSB, recruiting the Medical Director of the UK’s leading charity for children with brain injury, creating and running debate training programmes for several government-funded cohorts of PhD students, facilitating scientists to network as people behind the professions at conferences, and establishing the RSB’s first ambassador network. Ally has trained in facilitation and debating, and has a strong passion for the Contact Improvisation dance form.